History TearJerker / OverlySarcasticProductions

* It's no surprise that a legend as poignant as "The Epic of Gilgamesh" would have some sobering moments. When Enkidu is steadily dying of illness, Gilgamesh can do little more except helplessly cradle his dear friend, mourning how he's [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen obscurely going out with a whimper]]. The next shot is a quiet scene with Gilgamesh holding Enkidu's body. No jokes, none of the usual jabs. Just an honest commentary on the events, and the heart-breaking image of a king grieving for his friend. After building the statue honoring Enkidu, the trauma has shaken Gilgamesh ''[[MortalityPhobia so badly]]'', he decides he'd rather live forever without Enkidu than [[TogetherInDeath rejoin him in the after life]].

** Achilles' reaction to the death of Patroclus is given a much more heartbreaking edge here. In "The Illiad", while his reaction was played tragically it was also primarily PlayedForLaughs. Here, the second Patroclus is slain, Achilles ''immediately'' comes careening across the battlefield, [[BerserkerTears tears of rage and sorrow streaming down his face]] as he drives his sword through Hector. For all the humor that [[HoYay their relationship]] has been played for over the years, it's unavoidably clear that the death of his beloved companion was a breaking point for Achilles.
** Then there's Achilles' death, via the fateful arrow through his iconic weak heel. As opposed to "The Illiad" where it was unceremonious and PlayedForLaughs with a tiny "ouch", it's a dramatic moment. What makes it a little more heart-breaking is the devastated look in Achilles' eyes, as though driving home that he knew this war would kill him, he thought he had just a little more time to fight.

** The illustration of Victor (self-absorbed and jerkish though he may be at times) steadily gaining stark white hair instead of pitch-black, starting with a whisp of white locks due to the strain of all-nighters during the Creature's creation and each tragedy adding more and more white to his hair.

* Tripitaka and Sun's fight in Part 10 is ''icy''. Tripitaka once again takes Sun to task for killing two of the group of bandits, as it and his subsequent actions do a disservice to the dead as well as goes against the ideals he's trying to uphold, praying to their corpses to only blame Sun instead of the rest of the group. Wukong spits back that he fought to ''protect'' Tripitaka, and that he wouldn't have to resort to such measures if Tripitaka wasn't a constant DistressedDude. Their friction is so bad that Tripitaka even refuses water from (what he thinks is) a reconciling Wukong and the crew honestly believes that he's to arrogant to finish the journey on his own--only to find that he's [[CharacterDevelopment actively trying to work on himself]].

--->'''Red:''' ''Last night, I had the strangest dream, I ever dreamed before. I dreamed that all the world had all agreed to put an end to war. I dreamed I saw a mighty room, the room was filled with men. And the paper they were signing said, they'd never fight again. And when the papers all were signed and million copies made, they all joined hands and bowed their heads, and grateful prayers were said. And the people in the street below were dancing round and round, and guns and swords and uniforms were scattered on the ground. Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before, I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war.''

When you're learning about history and major figures from mythology, bad times, real-life parallels, and constant struggles with hierarchical fictional foes are always inevitable to be had in every story. At this point, every listed example from any of OSP's videos speak for themselves-- after all, [[WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc what'd you expect from]] [[StepfordSnarker "sarcasm"?]] [[SadClown Constant levity?]]

** Hel being cast into [[NamesTheSame Hel]] for the crime of having a prophecy about her. While the dialogue is [[PlayedForLaughs comedic]], seeing an infant alone in such a gloomy place with only ghosts for company would make any parent upset.